I will not advocate either side but I will tell you that even inside
cats stand a chance of being exposed. I was on the way in to my
holistic vet's with Copper and Thomas when their (brand new and very
oversized) carrier collapsed. Both kittens took off. The vet and I
were able to recover both of the boys in a relatively short period of
time (it felt like forever since her office is surrounded by very busy
streets). All of God's Angels were watching after the boys and they
came into contact with no cars or cats. I had batted around not
having them microchipped but did "just in case" and am now considering
the FeLV vaccine "just in case."
On Mar 30, 2009, at 6:07 PM, Lynne wrote:
Lorrie, I am certainly no expert here, however, having dealt with
only one FelV cat and losing him after a short time, I personally
would not vacccinate a positive cat. I still think the stress I put
our boy through contributed to his quick demise.
Recently I had our negative rescue cat vaccinated for FelV, rabies
etc and she was very ill for several days. As she is a house cat
who is allowed supervised back yard outings, I worried about the odd
chance of a diseased cat coming in and infecting her. I won't do it
again however. Our newest rescued cat, a feral I'm convinced,
adopted from the HS is still afraid of me and I could never hold her
long enough to get her into the carrier to get her to the vet to be
boostered. Since she has no interest in the outdoors whatsoever
now, I doubt I'll even bother.
Lynne
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorrie" <felineres...@kvinet.com>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FelV Vaccines
Oh wow, we're talking big bux here, as I have 14 permanent
cats at home :-( I just wondered if anyone knew if the vaccine
would hurt my cats if they were positive, but asymptomatic. I'll
ask my vet tomorrow, but I value the opinions of the people in
this group as much as any vet's opinion. And besides the vet
stands to make a lot more money by testing each cat, so might
insist or the tests.
Lorrie
On 03-30, Sharyl wrote:
Lorrie, JMO but if they have never been vaccinated I'd have them
tested before getting the vaccine. Sharyl
--- On Mon, 3/30/09, Lorrie <felineres...@kvinet.com> wrote:
> From: Lorrie <felineres...@kvinet.com>
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Vaccines
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Cc: feral_c...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 1:21 PM
>
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>
> I have several cats who are 5+ years old, and all tested FelV
> negative years ago when I adopted them.? However they are inside
> - outside cats, and are also exposed to rescued cats I bring home
> to be adopted out. These cats also tested neg.? but there is
> always that window area where FelV may not show up yet or the
> test may be inaccurate........
>
> I want to have my home cats vaccinated for FelV just in case.
> Please give me some info. on this...... Do I need to retest them
> all first, or is it safe to give them the vaccine without testing
> them. They all appear to be in excellent health, but if they
> should be pos. would the vaccine hurt them??
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Lorrie
>
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